UQ Theses (non-RHD) - Open Access - UQ eSpacehttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/
The University of QueenslandenFez http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssNon-Financial Returns of Enterprise-Led Development Assistance - A Study of Energy-Related Enterpriseshttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:9112
The Rural Energy Enterprise Development (REED) initiative provides assistance to energy-related enterprises to prepare them for growth and to make eventual investments by
mainstream financial partners less risky. This study assesses the non-financial returns of a number of REED-type enterprises and provides guidance for the selection and ongoing evaluation
of these enterprises within the context of development interventions. This study concludes that desired development outcomes should provide the basis for programme objectives against which
non-financial returns can be measured. However, qualitative information is also necessary, as the context within which an enterprise operates largely defines the importance of these
returns. Further work to improve the understanding of this context is necessary prior to the development of a formalised monitoring programme. Limitations of the assessment process should
be recorded and addressed through the ongoing review of the programme, other monitoring efforts and further research.2005-10-14T00:00:00Z
Kolominskas, Chaim Out of the Box: Popular Notions of Archaeology in Documentary Programs on Australian Televisionhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:9459
In this thesis I investigate the relationships between mass media and popular notions of archaeology in Australia, and consider the implications of these relationships for the public
outreach strategies of Australian archaeologists. First, I review the limited survey data available regarding public opinions of archaeology in Australia, together with the results from more
extensive surveys conducted in North America. These surveys suggest that popular perceptions of archaeology include a variety of misconceptions that are incongruous with the ethical goals of the
profession. Second, I develop a theoretical model of mass media that articulates the nature of the relationships between the producers of mass media and their audiences. This model predicts that
widespread popular notions of archaeology are likely to be reflected in the texts of mainstream mass media. Third, I present the results of a content analysis study undertaken in relation to
archaeological documentary programs screened on Australian television, demonstrating that a number of misconceptions about archaeology are strongly reinforced by these programs. This suggests that
such misconceptions are deeply entrenched within contemporary Australian society. Finally, I identify a number of pathways along which archaeologists might seek to engage mass media as part of a
broader 'popularisation' approach to public outreach in Australian archaeology.2005-07-25T00:00:00Z
Nichols, Stephen James Parents of deaf children seeking information and support on the Internet: the Australian experiencehttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:8364
2006-05-23T00:00:00Z
Porter, Ann Patterns of settlement, development and land usage: Currumbin Valley, 1852-1915http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:186249
2009-11-16T00:00:00Z
Horsman, Margaret Joan Pennies from heaven: The Queensland Government Mining Journal, 1900-1929http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:185252
2009-10-27T00:00:00Z
Murray, Alan People with multiple sclerosis in South East Queensland: A study of the use and cost of mainstream medicine and complementary therapieshttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:186236
2009-11-16T00:00:00Z
Cameron, Kaye D. Perception of flood hazard and adjustment in Brisbanehttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:184267
2009-09-28T12:24:11Z
Macey, Susan M. Politics, administration and public service: A study of administrative responsibilityhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:184422
2009-10-01T00:00:00Z
Hickey, Terence Peter Queensland Baptists: The development of Baptist evangelicalism, 1846-1926http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:185715
2009-11-12T00:00:00Z
O'Leary, Patrick John Rape and other sexual offences in Queensland : An historical and behavioral analysishttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:184894
2009-10-14T00:00:00Z
Barber, Ross Noel Representations of Aboriginal women and their sexualityhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:179979
In historical literature and print media, Aboriginal women have been represented as either victims of (Indigenous or non-Indigenous) male brutality and sexual attention, or as sexually promiscuous. This thesis explores these representations and the extent to which they prevail in contemporary media. Theoretically this thesis draws on Michel Foucault’s (1990a; 1990b; 1990c) discursive analysis framework to investigate representations of Aboriginal women in historical and contemporary discourses and the consequences for Aboriginal women. Thus I presented an analysis of contemporary media representations focused on the sexual violence and exploitation of Aboriginal women and girls, for evidence of the ways in which they reflect colonial discourses. I also carried out a critical evaluation of academic representations of Aboriginal women, to highlight the role some academics have unwittingly played in reinforcing colonial stereotypes. This thesis demonstrates the damaging effect that such representations continue to have on the ability of Aboriginal women and girls to receive justice when raped. This thesis highlights the need for new processes when representing Aboriginal women, particularly the need to use history to move beyond representation to inclusive collaborative processes.2009-08-24T00:00:00Z
Humphreys, A. Rhetorical strategies to suggest a democratic dispositionhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:198875
2010-03-11T00:00:00Z
Miller, Rodney G. Self-reporting and ex-post audit in the presence of remediation costshttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:319954
2013-12-23T11:33:54Z
Rojas Jordan, Natalia Social class and mental illness: A study of two Brisbane suburbshttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:186243
2009-11-16T00:00:00Z
Pemberton, Alexander Gordon Some aspects of Australian attitudes to the Imperial connection, 1900-1919http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:184246
2009-09-28T00:00:00Z
Grimshaw, Charles Some determinants of party sympathy : A quantitative modelhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:185017
2009-10-19T00:00:00Z
Embury, Brian Leonard Some phonological aspects of Palm Island Aboriginal English : A study of the free conversational speech of four Aboriginal children on Palm Island Aboriginal Settlement in North Queenslandhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:198869
2010-03-11T14:09:38Z
Dutton, Thomas Edward Spirit in the 'Expanding Circle': Why learn about religion in Australia in the 21st Century? Can Comparative Religion Knowledge Enable Cultural Diversity Capability?http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:151783
The place of religion in society is under scrutiny. Increasing local and global religiously marked conflict calls for deeper enquiry into its causes and possible solutions. Inter-religious ignorance may be contributing to rising intolerance. Philosopher Peter Singer (1981, 2004) claimed that interactions with an increasing variety of cultures will require humanity to develop a more tolerant approach to those once considered outsiders. This thesis proposes that comparative religion education may contribute to a possible remedy. The study combines qualitative and quantitative research methods to explore the relationship between comparative religion knowledge and cultural diversity capability. It argues that comparative religion education may assist in the development of inclusive attitudes towards religious and cultural difference and thus make a positive contribution to social cohesion and democratic citizenship. It includes a survey of Australian Year 11 students enrolled in the comparative Study of Religion course. The results are not conclusive but may be interpreted as showing some support for the hypothesis. The study raises important questions regarding the nature of religion education in Australia and highlights opportunities for further research.2008-07-07T16:42:41Z
Byrne, Cathy J. Stones, Bones and Homes: An Examination of Regionality in the Iron Age Settlements and Landscape of West Waleshttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:8996
West Wales in the Iron Age contained a diverse range of settlement types, from hill-forts to unenclosed farmsteads, with the dominant type of settlement the enclosed farmstead. However, a recent review of information available for the British Iron Age identified a relative lack of systematised information for Wales and consequently there is a pressing need to re-examine the settlement record for this area, as the belief in a single Iron Age "culture" gives way to recognition of regional difference in material cultures, social institutions and life-ways. This thesis examines the settlements and landscape of West Wales in an attempt to contribute to our understanding of this region in the Iron Age. In order to make a regionally synthesised investigation of the social, I conducted a survey of excavation and survey information for Iron Age settlements in West Wales. Analysis centred on examining the spatial patterning of settlements by considering the morphology, distribution, placement and structure of settlements, their place in the landscape and regional trends in the structuring of space and artefacts. The investigation was contextualised within the wider body of material for the Iron Age in Britain. The use of landscape theory as an interpretive framework in examining the spatial patterning of the material culture in the Iron Age proved an effective method for interpreting domestic settlements within the lived landscape. Social and cosmological relations within settlements and within the referential structuring of a landscape, particularly with respect to pre-existing monuments, were suggested by the analysis. By comparing these trends in the structuring of settlements within the landscape to settlements elsewhere in Britain, a distinct and regional culture for the Iron Age of West Wales was identified.2005-11-01T00:00:00Z
Mate, Geraldine L. Strategies of subversion: an examination of Tomson Highway's The Rez Sisters and its appropriation of sonata formhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:321718
2014-01-28T14:27:23Z
Djubal, Clay Roden Suburban conservatism in the Sherwood Shire 1891-1920http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:189286
2009-12-07T11:56:43Z
Fones, Ralph Sugarcane farming in the Bundaberg district 1945 to 1985 : major issues, problems and highlights from the growers' perspectivehttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:186247
2009-11-16T11:41:42Z
Hungerford, Linda Sun protection during outdoor activities in summer and winter in a Queensland communityhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:186267
2009-11-16T00:00:00Z
Lang, Carolyn Ann Sun protection policies and strategies of state primary schools in southeast Queenslandhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:186237
2009-11-16T11:41:42Z
Tejada, Zandro C. Survey on traditional and bush foods in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community in Brisbanehttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:186779
2009-11-17T00:00:00Z
Stuart-Fox, Elisabeth The A.L.F. in Queensland, 1889-1914http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:198883
2010-03-11T00:00:00Z
Sullivan, R. J. The Berlin Crisis : the origins and management of a crisishttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:266179
2012-01-27T12:42:24Z
Coleman, David G. The Brisbane episcopate of William Wand, 1934-1943http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:190033
2009-12-15T09:25:47Z
Kidd, Alexander Philip The Chinese question in Queensland in the nineteenth century : a study in racial interactionhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:245949
2011-08-22T08:55:37Z
Cronin, Kathryn, 1949- The Christian Brothers in secondary education in Queensland, 1875-1965.http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:185015
2009-10-19T11:06:34Z
Connole, P. F. The Chronicles of Spain: A Discussion of Some Trends in Spanish History Found in the Chronicles of Hydatius of Lemica, John of Biclaro, Isidore of Seville, and the Chronicle of Zaragozahttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:9250
This thesis intends to examine four chronicles from fifth, sixth, and early seventh century Spain and discuss the different approaches to the history of that period that the chronicles of Hydatius of Lemica, John of Biclaro, Isidore of Seville, and the Chronicle of Zaragoza display. Firstly, each of the writers will be discussed in turn, along with the implications of their choice to use the format of a chronicle to record the past. Then, their sources of information will be examined, because all four chronicles do not have access to the same quantity of information from parts of the world other than Spain. After these matters are dealt with, we will analyse the way in which changing political and social realities affect the presentation of historical events in our chronicles, including the use of appropriate technical terms. Finally, the treatment of religious issues will be examined, and once again we will see how the changes of their times altered the style of these chronicles. In all of this, it is apparent that attitudes in Spain to the recent past changed during this period, because of the political, religious, economic, and social upheavals caused by the disappearance of the Roman Empire in Spain and the rise of the kingdom of the Visigoths.2005-08-29T00:00:00Z
Johnson, Gary William The convict narratives: Genre and autobiographyhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:189496
2009-12-09T00:00:00Z
Mauger, Matthew P. The Day They Burned Mapoon:A Study of the Closure of a Queensland Presbyterian Missionhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:313577
2013-11-07T13:24:22Z
Wharton,Geoffrey Stephen The development of party politics in Queensland, 1859-1900http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:184890
2009-10-14T00:00:00Z
Wilson, Mildred Mary The dilemmas and dynamics of Taiwan's pragmatic diplomacyhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:105672
2007-08-24T00:00:00Z
Fan, S. P. The equity premium puzzle and its implications for public infrastructure financinghttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:213089
This thesis examines the financing and construction arrangements of the recently designed Airport Link project in Brisbane, Australia. The central hypothesis of the thesis is that the equity risk premium, combined with the public nature of toll roads, makes private financing of this kind of public infrastructure undesirable. It attempts to test this hypothesis by valuing the project under standard CAPM and WACC frameworks, and then modelling the sensitivity of the project’s value to different assumptions regarding traffic flows, inflation, asset risk, and errors in operating-cost forecasts. The results show that with large equity contributions the project is inherently unstable and given the finance structure, was always susceptible to a downward price spiral of the type observed. The thesis then models the project value under a public finance option and concludes that this is a more beneficial option for investors, the government, and the community alike.2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
Mr James Green The establishment of state enterprises in Queensland, 1915-1918http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:193932
No abstract available2010-01-27T00:00:00Z
Murphy, D. J. (Denis Joseph), 1936-1984. The establishment of the University of Queenslandhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:189003
2009-12-03T00:00:00Z
Clarke, Eddie The evolution of the Queensland Labour Party (to 1907)http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:205551
2010-05-26T14:08:46Z
Rayner, Samuel Alan The Factors Affecting the Long Run Supply of Rubber from Sarawak, East Malaysia, 1900-1990: An Historical and Econometric Analysishttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:206177
The factors affecting the supply of rubber from Sarawak, East Malaysia, were identified and reviewed in an historical framework. A methodical framework for the general analysis of economic relationships between variables was reviewed and a practical application of the methodology to the supply of rubber from Sarawak was carried out. An econometric analysis of the long run factors affecting the production of rubber was carried out. (1) Two log-differenced autoregressive models of the rubber supply were formulated. (2) The models were tested for parameter constancy to identify structural breaks in the time series and for structural invariance to determine whether they were suitable for policy analysis, forecasting and backcasting. (3) The variables were tested for bivariate Granger Causality to determine the relationships between the factors of production and the output of rubber. (4) Forecast Error Variance Decomposition analysis of multivariate Granger Causality was carried out using a Vector Autoregressive Model. The results confirm the a priori economic theory that long run changes in supply have been affected primarily by changes in area under rubber production and long term price trends. The area planted to rubber has depended upon price incentives and the availability of scarce labour resources. Prices have been affected by the supply of rubber from Sarawak but this is posited to be a reflection of global supply trends affecting prices. While the results generally confirm the economic theory, caution is urged when interpreting the results. The severe inadequacies of the data used highlights the need for more accurate time series and the mainly methodological approach of this study.2010-06-17T10:04:25Z
Purcell, Timothy The General Treaty for the Renunciation of War : its genesis and perceived effects up to 1 September 1939http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:277671
2012-07-17T00:00:00Z
Smith, Dayle Kerry. The health of children attending special schools in the Gold Coast district, as perceived by their parents and teachershttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:188447
2009-11-30T00:00:00Z
Hogan, Margaret M. The incidence and distribution of serious motor vehicle-related injury in Brisbane - 1998http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:186239
2009-11-16T00:00:00Z
Chuchotesakulwong, Sithara The influence of Ipswich in early Queenslandhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:185342
2009-10-31T14:30:34Z
Davis, Bruce Lawrence The inter-relation of settlement and transport in Queensland during the period 1859-1900http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:184250
2009-09-28T00:00:00Z
Courtice, Phyllis The introduction of the music of ethnic minority groups into Queensland State Schoolshttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:186234
2009-11-16T00:00:00Z
Butcher, Judith M. The late effects of poliomyelitis in Queenslandhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:185345
2009-10-31T16:16:21Z
Lynch, Mary Rose The location of cement plants in Queensland: A study of market orientationhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:192179
2010-01-12T00:00:00Z
McLaren, Ian The "Memoirs of many in one" : Post-colonial autobiography in settler cultureshttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:189974
2009-12-14T14:11:25Z
Johnston, Anna The new Australia movementhttp://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:195385
No abstract available2010-02-15T00:00:00Z
Hannan, John Grant.